How De Beers CEO Al Cook Hopes to Turn His Company Around

Following De Beers’ annual Friday breakfast at the JCK show in Las Vegas, CEO Al Cook took some time to break down the flurry of initiatives he...

June 6 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

Greetings from Las Vegas! I will be moderating a panel tomorrow: "What Does It Mean to Be Ethical? Have Your Say." It will begin at 1 p.m., in Room...

Does GIA’s Turnabout on Lab-Grown Diamonds Matter?

GIA’s new system for grading lab-grown diamonds has been met with a predictably divided response: kudos from natural diamond partisans, and anger...

May 30 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

The JCK show starts next week in Las Vegas, and I hope my readers will attend a seminar I’m moderating, “Safeguarding Your Business: Crime...

May 23 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Trump warns retailers not to talk about price increases. Why is India importing so many lab-grown diamonds? And how the pandemic led to...

May 9 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: LVMH’s U.S. head calls the term quiet luxury “annoying.” New app delivers gold to people’s doors. How taste in watches changes...

April 18 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Indian diamond exports fall to two-decade low. Are leading luxury products really made in China? And whatever happened to Christie...

Navigating the New World of Trade Wars and Tariffs

Monica Gorman, a White House special assistant for manufacturing and industrial policy during the Biden administration who now works at Crowell...

April 4 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Highlights from Watches and Wonders. Canada’s diamond mines could all close. And Jim Cramer buys gold bars at Costco. All...

Should The Natural Diamond Industry “Go Negative” Against Lab-Grown?

When I graduated from college, I moved to Boston and found myself initially unable to land a full-time writing gig. So I took a temp job as a...